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p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Disclaimer: I do not own Ikemen Sengoku, CYBIRD does. They make great otome games too, so if you are new to IkeSen and interested, please check it out!/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The rest, please enjoy ^^/p
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p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Mai woke up to a startle, only to find herself in an unknown room. Even the ceiling looks estranged to her./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Where is this place?' She pondered as her gaze shifted from the wooden ceiling to the thin paperwhite door. The room looks like some kind of ancient hotel… Did she split up with her friends after the hangout yesterday?/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Urgh…'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Mai grumbles as she tried to sit up. Her head hurts, and for some reason her whole body is in pain as well./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Party too hard, huh?' She thought to herself. Maybe she drank too much alcohol and just passed out. Still, her friends should have woken her up./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Her stomach craves for some food. Her throat was also dry. Must be the aftermaths./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Mai pushed the paper door aside, and a cold breeze brushed pass her hair, leaving a nice feel on her blushing face. Still, she didn't have time to stop and appreciate it, but kept walking on the hallway, towards the kitchen./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Strange.' She mumbled. 'How did I know that this is the way to the kitchen? Why does everything look so familiar even though this is my first time being here?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Nonetheless, she pushed the tangled thoughts aside, in order to hurry up and satisfy her hunger. She can't think with an empty stomach after all./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"In the room that she believed to be the kitchen, there was no light on. In fact, on the corridor she walked here, no light was on either. The only source of brightness was the moonlight./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"em style="box-sizing: inherit;"clank/em/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The metallic sound made her heart skipped a beat./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Who's there?' She whispered, partly hopes it is just a mice./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Emerged from the corner, a large-built man carefully stands up, eyeing her as if he was sneaking to do something./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"And boy, was he hot./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'What, it's just you, Mai?' The man let out a sigh of relief, fully standing up now. His beautiful face formed a confident smirk. 'Out here for a share of my konpeito?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The man was clearly lightly dressed – he was in his nightgown, which is a yukata loosed enough to expose his packs. And he was speaking as if he was her friend./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Excuse me-' She spoke up, not sure who was intruding who. 'Do I… know you?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The one in front of her wasn't even a bit surprised./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Oh, we are playing ignorance now? Don't worry, Mai, if Hideyoshi finds us, I promise I wouldn't abandon you to run for myself like I did last time.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"With that, he snickered. Two people in the kitchen, one amused, one confused. She's not so sure if she can work with this./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Um… who is Hideyoshi, and why must we run from him?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"She questioned again, almost instictively. Maybe some memory about this whole strange thing would come up./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Wait… Hideyoshi… Hideyoshi… as in Hideyoshi Toyotomi?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"With her stunned reaction, he no longer looks amused. His eyebrows raised, as if they suspect something was off./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Why, you look like the first time I met you.' He frowned. 'Is something wrong? Does your wound still hurt?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'My… wound?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"She asked, and just by then did she feel a stabbing pain on her shoulder. It was dark so she couldn't see well, but that part of her kimono was wet./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The man walked towards her, abandoning his goods on the cold table./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Goodness, Mai! You are bleeding!'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"She flinched as he raised his voice, reaching out to grab her. She doesn't know this person, she doesn't even know why she had a wound, certainly she wouldn't let an unfamiliar man touch her./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"A subtle painful expression appeared on his face, but only for a second. He soon rushed out of the door, his voice loud enough for the whole place to hear./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Hideyoshi! Ieyasu! Call for the doctor! Mai-'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"She couldn't hear anything else. The whole world is collapsing. Darkness took over her, and she felt to the ground./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"—–/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Mai woke up again, laughing to herself. 'I've got this really weird dream. Everything looks just like in dramas, there was even a man wearing yukata in the kitchen sneaking out some konpeito, and I was bleeding hahaha…'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'It's not a dream, and it isn't that funny to laugh at your injury, you idiot.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The grumpy voice next to her stopped her laughter immediately. If anything, her face changed from silly to terrified./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"There was another man sitting next to her, fixing up some medical aidkit. He has blonde hair and a pretty face, only that face is frowning at her displeasingly./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Staring is rude you know.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The blonde lightly scolded, and she found herself stumbling upon an apology, before hastily turning away./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Her shoulder was bandaged carefully, and the bleeding has stopped. That also means… it was not a dream at all./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Then where did her friends go? What did they do last? The whole party thing seems extremely vague to her right now. She's not even sure at the moment which is reality, and which is the dream anymore./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Thank you for bandaging my wound.' She carefully bows. 'Could you please tell me where I am right now?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'You are in my clinic.' He said, putting the kit away. 'From what Lord Nobunaga said, I assume you have amnesia, but only a temporary one.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Amnesia? Means losing memory?/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"That certainly explains something./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Do you know where my friends are? How did I got here? Did they say anything at all when they left?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Hold it right there. Who are your friends?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'You know, they look normal, just a group of girls, there were four of them…'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Mai continues to go on describing what her friends looked like, including what they wear, their hairstyles and all, but the one listening just look more and more confused./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"After a while, she started to realize that nothing she said would click with him, so she stopped trying./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Then do you know how I got here?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Hopefully not by some kind of shady smuggling business where they sold her to Yoshiwara (the Red District)./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The door was pushed open, and the man she saw in the kitchen appeared again, this time in proper crimson robe, which even enhanced his great look further. So does that overly confident look on his face./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Yo, Mai.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Ah- The konpeito person!'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"She shouted, pointing at him. From behind his back, another man appeared, his hair in hazelnut color./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'What? Lord Nobunaga, don't tell me you sneaked into the kitchen to get the sweets again?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"If the first time the doctor boy mentioned the name em style="box-sizing: inherit;"Nobunaga/em did not get into her head, then this time, it sure did./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Nobunaga? As in… Oda Nobunaga? The man who unified the nation?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The blonde next to her sighed loudly, mumbling. 'Here we go again.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'That's right.' The man named Nobunaga smiled at her, reaching out to tug her hair behind her ear. 'Even though you have amnesia, I see you still remember my name.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Mai didn't flinch this time. Why? Because she was too stunned to say anything, or think anything. She was frozen./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Lord Nobunaga, I believe you are frightening her… After all, Mai has just woke up, and she has not recovered yet!' The man behind Nobunaga looked a bit troubled, struggling to find the words that would not be too intruding to his lord./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'What, Hideyoshi? Are you upset because I'm touching her?' Nobunaga raised an eyebrow./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'No… not at all, my lord. How could I-'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Tsk. My job here is done, so I'm leaving first.' The blonde clicked his tongue and stood up. 'Please don't stay in my clinic for too long, and hurry up back to your room, Mai.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"With that, he left./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Oh…' Mai snapped, but when she realized he was already out of sight. 'I haven't got the chance to properly say thanks yet…'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'It's alright. He gets it.' Hideyoshi scratched his head. 'That's just like Ieyasu.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"She blinked, and took a proper look at the two remaining men in the room again./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'So… you mean, you are Oda Nobunaga… and you must be Hideyoshi Toyotomi… so that means the one earlier was Ieyasu Tokugawa…'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'That's all correct!' Hideyoshi clapped his hands, then looked at her with a gentle smile. 'Do you remember us now?'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Ye-Yeah…' She replied. 'From history books, that is.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The two men looked at each other in disappointment upon her reply./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'I suppose it wouldn't be that easy.' Nobunaga let out a sigh. Why is everyone acting like they are expecting her to do something? She felt as if she has let them down./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"Suddenly her hand was grabbed, and Nobunaga pulled her up from the bed./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Let us go. It will be no problem if you don't remember.'/p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"The smile has come back on his countenance. That confidence, again./p
p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"'Because I will help you to.'/p
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